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Festivito

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2. My first guess would be that he found health care to be too expensive.

Reply to FlatBaroque (Original post)

Sun Feb 21, 2016, 07:59 PM

Feb 2016

The west side of Michigan, 3 hours drive time from Democratic Detroit, is sickeningly right wing. People are too strapped competing with the Jones' to pull out an extra couple hundred bucks a month for the co-pays.

"I can't afford it," I hear from them.

"How much do you think it should cost?" I respond.

They tend to become silent.

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Kalamazoo Killer - I would analyze his brain cheistry [View all] FlatBaroque Feb 2016 OP

Kalmazoo is quite a ways from Flint. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2016 #1

Its da yoopee not the upper peninsula NT 1939 Feb 2016 #5

For yoopers maybe. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2016 #7

Once a part of Wisconsin 1939 Feb 2016 #8

My first guess would be that he found health care to be too expensive. Festivito Feb 2016 #2

Kalamazoo isn't totally right wing gollygee Feb 2016 #4

No place is totally right wing. Festivito Feb 2016 #6

The guy lived in a rural area outside Kalamazoo that would be on well water. N/t gollygee Feb 2016 #3